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CIGARETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 389,976, datedSeptember 25, 1888 Application tiled October 29, 1887. Serial No.253,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HEINRICH FRANZ RIE- DEL, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing in the city ofDresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony,German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOigar ettes, of which the following isa specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

For cigars of all different kinds, and especially for cigarettes, thedelicate wrapper (of paper or tobacco) of which may be easily injnred,itis of great use to provide a protectingcase. According to this inventioneach cigarette (or cigar) is provided with a protecting case or cover,which not only serves the purpose of protecting the cigarette throughoutits full length, or part of it, during transport, but which also may beused as a mouth-piece for the cigarette duringsmoking, so that thecigarette is then kept at a proper distance from the mouth and the eyesof the smoker,and that the cigarette may be smoked to the very end ofthe tobacco iilling.

Figure l in the accompanying drawings represents a central longitudinalsectional view of a cigarette and its iuclosing case or cover incondition to be carried in the pocket. Fig. 2 represents a similarsectional view showing the cigarette as partly drawn out of the case orcover for smoking. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the case.Fig. 4 is a plan view of one edge ofthe piece ofpaper ofwhich the caseis formed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

D desi gnatcs a cigarette, which is represented of substantially uniformsize throughout its length, except that it is conically enlarged at theend c, which is to be used next the smokers mouth. This enlargement maybe produced in any suitable manner, as by applying around it a suitablestrip of paper.

A designates the protecting case or cover consisting of a tube of thelength, or about the length,of the cigarette, and ofcylindrical form forthe greater part ofits length, but having one end conically contracted,as shown at b. rIhe external diameter of the cylindrical portion of thiscase is such that the largest part of the large end c of the cigarettemay fit (No model.)

snugly, yet pass freely within it, but the conically-contracted part bis of a forni to iit the conically-enlarged end cits extremity being ofa size to iit the cylindrical part of the cigarette. The cigarette D isplaced in the caseA through the large end thereof, and pushed in untilit reaches the small end b, and may then be safely carried therein loosein the smokers pocket, as it fits the case at both ends and will not beaccidentally dislodged. After transport in this way in the case thecigarette may be expelled therefrom by pressure or by blowing into thelarge end of the case so far that its own enlarged end c will bereceived and arrested in the correspondingly-contracted end b ofthe saidcover or case, as shown in Fig. 2, and there be so tightly held that anair-tight joint is made between the cigarette and mouth-piece, whichjoint in ease of need may be completed or perfected by a slight turn ofthe two parts in opposite directions.

In order to avoid any drawing in of the cigarette from this positioninto the cover or case A by the sucking action of the smoker, the pieceof paper or other material used for forming the cover or case may be cutin such manner (shown at a in Fig. 4) as to form a small bent lip,a,(shown in Figs. l,2,3,)which will project inside of the cover or caseand will during the transport of the'cigar or cigarette therein form aspring-guard to keep it therein, and which, if the cigar or cigarette isblown to thejointend of the cover or case, will project against the endthereof', as shown in Fig. 2, so as to prevent any creeping of thecigarette into the cover by the sucking` of the smoker.

If the dimensions of the cigarette and of the cover or case are chosenvery accurately, and if these parts are manufactured with the requirednicety, the above-described guard for keeping it in either ofits twopositions in the cover or case may be dispensed with.

W'hat I claim as inyinventioi1,and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with a cigar or cigarette having that end which is tobe used next the mouth conically enlarged, of a loose protecting case orcover to serve as a protection to the cigar or cigarette duringtransportation, and as a holder for smoking, the said cover or oaseconsisting of a tube which is cylindrical In testimony that I claim theforegoing as for the greater portion of its length und large myinvention, I have signed my nume in presro enough to permit the enlargedpart of the ci ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

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